Natural History Museum wants opinion on their Shinfield centre plans

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2023-09-11 05:03:44  • 2 mins

Residents can have their say on plans for a Natural History Museum centre.

The 200m site at the Thames Valley Science Park in Shinfield is a collaboration with the University of Reading.

The museum is giving a first glimpse of a proposed research complex and a chance to give feedback on the designs.

A community presentation is on display at the Gateway Building on Thursday. The centre would house a third of the Natural History Museum's assets.

That would include its mammal collections and non-insect invertebrates - such as corals, crustaceans, molluscs, and worms - totalling more than 27 million specimens.

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